kellymariemcewan
Textile artist / Permaculture Food Forester / Bespoke crochet / Repurposed materials / Wearable Art
Category: Research
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Ten thousand hours of crochet
Have I done 10,000 hours of crochet? I looked up some stats and roughly worked it out.
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Artist News / October Links Round Up
Artist News / October Links Round Up Personal artist news: Someone snapped a photo of a throw I created, and used it as a title image: http://us4.campaign-archive2.com/?u=b20044531929534bdd108e0a1&id=fda8a0348a&e=%5BUNIQID I found an older write up on Brief Encounters on ActorsGreenRoom: Brief Encounters – Homegrown at Empire Theatre Studio I went wool storming with Elanor Ida Shewring and
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We are looking for artists from regional South East Queensland
Originally posted on artdesignprecinct: We thought it was time to dedicate an exhibition to our regional artists. Submissions are now open for Coo-EEE!
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Amigurumi and Fair Isle crochet – the latest ideas
Amigurumi and Fair Isle crocheting have been two crochet techniques I have enjoyed working on for about the last month. I made a 3-dimensional squid in a hat (with a moustache); It reminds me of Thomson and Thompson. Except there’s only one squid, so…..just Thomson then. Then I properly learned the technique for Fair Isle
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Meet: Artist Hive
Originally posted on Factory Diaries: This one’s for all you creatives & lovers of creative things! Artist Hive is a unique business running in Brisbane that encourages and creates opportunities for artists and throws some killer artistic events for people of all ages and interest levels! Tash C had a little chat with Dave &…
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Crocheting recently
Crocheting recently has been a hit and miss deal. I’m in the preparation stage, and I’m still hitting my stride working out these floral details. I am having a lot of fun with the crocheting and general arts and craft book research. There’s also a lot of distractions with retail work and the artist pursuits
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Fur and leather sewing – where do I even start?
Fur and leather. I was recently passed down some items of sentimental value. There’s some kind of strange stuff; teeth, tusks, furs, leather tooling equipment, scrimshaw equipment… shells… hammers… photos…. Already sounds like an amazing contemporary art piece, or like something you’d find on Regretsy. I look at this pile of stuff, and it’s strange.
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Clothing alterations; adding to a slip to make it correctly fit
So, another thing that I tried out in January was learning a new stitch, and using it on a boob-tube style slip that I purchased that just wouldn’t stay up (but that’s why it’s called a slip, right? Hur hur). First things, the new stitch: The stitch is commonly known as broomstick lace crochet, and
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Vintage craft books
Vintage craft books are great. Although, it is really difficult to find a website that will pin down the definite age of a ‘vintage’ book. I have settled on this definition which says that over 25 years old [clothing] can be considered vintage….if there’s a better one for books, I’d love to read about it,
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Pinterest was explained to me in a way I’ve understood, and now I have a presence there.
Pinterest is something I have been aware of for some time now, but have held off on joining. It’s something that several people have expressed confusion over; because apparently, my work would fit in well there….? Externally, I’ve seen it as a pastel-coloured cupcake land where inspirational quotes abound and unicorns float on heart-shaped clouds
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